Microsoft is putting out a new version of its Bing toolbar it hopes will sway traditional toolbar haters into using it, and more Bing features. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.

Microsoft has unveiled its new Bing Bar, a free browser toolbar designed to expose all the latest and greatest features of Redmond's search engine--many of which you may not know exist. To make all of ...

I'm not a big fan of toolbars for browsers, but if you have a chance to try out the Bing Bar you'll see the difference in the uncluttered design and the way it ties into real-time information and ...

The Bing team tweeted last night that a new MSN Toolbar is now available at toolbar.msn.com. The new toolbar is supposedly now powered by Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine. I am not exactly sure ...

How often has it happened that you have suddenly noticed new toolbars installed on your Windows computer? Or maybe you noticed that your browser’s search engine or home page was suddenly changed. If ...

Question: What's the deal with the "optional" updates Windows suggests I install? Are they equally unnecessary? Answer: As a general rule, you should install the optional updates that you won't see ...